Oxi shops · Art
African art, shown like a museum.
Paintings, sculpture, prints and photographs from galleries, artists' studios and private collections. Each with its story and its provenance; buy at a set price or bid at auction.
Collections and galleries
A special category
Nigerian art
From the bronze casters of Benin and the first modern masters to Zaria, Oshogbo, Nsukka, the Aka Circle, Ona, Auchi, Yaba and the artists of Lagos today: the schools, movements and artists of Nigeria, and their works on Oxi shops. Enter Nigerian art →
Benin bronze casters (Igun Street)Lagos and the modern mastersYaba School (Yaba College of Technology)Zaria Art Society (Natural Synthesis)Mbari Club, IbadanOshogbo SchoolNsukka School (Uli)Abayomi Barber SchoolAuchi School (colourism)Aka Circle of Exhibiting ArtistsOna MovementLagos contemporaryUniversity of Port Harcourt - Department of Fine Art and Design
Movements and schools
The schools and movements of African art, region by region. All movements and schools →
23 movements and schools
West Africa
Benin bronze casters (Igun Street), Senegalese glass painting (sous-verre), Lagos and the modern masters, Bamako studio photography
4 movements and schools
Central Africa
Le Hangar (Lubumbashi), Poto-Poto School, Kinshasa popular painting, Congo contemporary
8 movements and schools
East Africa and the Horn
Makerere School, Makonde sculpture, Addis Ababa School of Fine Arts, Khartoum School
7 movements and schools
Southern Africa
Ndebele painting, Polly Street Art Centre, Maputo modernists, Zimbabwe stone sculpture
6 movements and schools
North Africa
Egyptian pioneers, Art and Liberty Group (Egyptian surrealists), Contemporary Art Group (Cairo), École de Tunis
3 movements and schools
Across Africa and the diaspora
Contemporary African art, Contemporary African photography, Found and recycled materials
For artists
Set up your artist's showcase
Your showcase is a museum-style page for you and your work. Oxi reviews every studio first, so only the artists Oxi invites appear. The showcase presents your work but does not sell it: approved galleries, dealers and brokers sell it, and you earn from the OxiCert certificate fees on every sale. It is free to set up.
1. Sign in
Go to oxiseller.com and scroll to "Sign in or open your shop". Enter your email address or phone number. You get a 6-digit code, so there is no password. Type in the code.
2. Open your shop
The "Open your shop" form appears. Fill in:
- Shop name: your name or your studio name, e.g. "EminoArt"
- Shop page address: a short web name, e.g. "eminoart". Your page will be oxishops.com/eminoart.
- Currency and State
- Under "What do you sell?", tick "Art: galleries, artists and collectors"
Then tap Open my shop.
3. Go to your Art desk
At the bottom of the app, tap More, then tap the line that starts with "Art:". If you see a button that says "Switch on Art", tap it first.
4. Say you are an artist's studio
Tap the tab "About the gallery, dealer or studio". Fill in:
- This shop is: choose "Artist's studio"
- Portfolio or credentials link: your Instagram, website or a PDF of your work. Oxi uses this to review you.
- Title shown on Oxishops: your name as an artist
- City, Since (year) and a short Introduction
- Under "For an artist's studio": your artist statement, profile, education, signature series and commission terms
- Contacts on your page: WhatsApp, email, Instagram and so on
Tap Save.
5. Add your portrait and signature
On the same tab, lower down:
- Portrait: choose a photo and tap Upload
- Signature for certificates: sign on white paper with a black pen, take a clear photo, crop it close and tap Upload. It goes on every certificate for your work.
6. Add your works
Tap the Works tab, then Add a work. For each work:
- Choose yourself under Artist, or type your name the first time
- Fill in the title, date, medium, size, movement and the story of the work
- Offered stays at "On view only". That is normal for a studio.
- Set Status to "Shown"
Save it, then add up to 8 pictures: the whole work, details, the signature, the back, and the work on a wall.
7. Add projects and exhibitions (optional)
Use the Projects and murals tab for exhibitions, murals, awards and press, each with up to 4 photos.
8. Set your certificate prices
Tap the OxiCert certificates tab and go to "Your prices". When a gallery or dealer sells your work, the buyer pays these fees to you.
9. Wait for approval
Your page stays hidden until Oxi approves it, but you can keep working on it. On the About tab you see "Waiting for Oxi to approve". You are told when it is approved.
After you are approved: whenever a gallery or dealer lists one of your works, it appears under OxiCert certificates → "Listings to certify". Tap "Certify: it is genuine" if it is your work, or "I do not recognise it" if it is not.
Start your showcase on OxiSeller
Galleries, dealers and brokers: open your shop the same way and choose your kind of house in step 4. Oxi approves every seller of art before it can sell.